07-18-2004, 01:51 AM
Shlama kulkun,
Thank you all for your replies. I knew that koine was a generic term, it is even used by Semitic linguists to refer to the numerous modern Arabic dialects, even though many of them are unintelligible to one another. What I don't know are how the various ancient Greek dialects relate to one another, and to the Greek New Testament So, what my question comes down to is where are the Greek Primacist???s sources? Where are the journal articles, thesis dissertations, and book length studies that compare the linguistics of BG to the other attested dialects of Greek in the first centuries B.C.E. and C.E?
Akhi Byrnesey, where may I read your comparitive study on conjunction use in the Greek and Semitic texts?
John Marucci
Thank you all for your replies. I knew that koine was a generic term, it is even used by Semitic linguists to refer to the numerous modern Arabic dialects, even though many of them are unintelligible to one another. What I don't know are how the various ancient Greek dialects relate to one another, and to the Greek New Testament So, what my question comes down to is where are the Greek Primacist???s sources? Where are the journal articles, thesis dissertations, and book length studies that compare the linguistics of BG to the other attested dialects of Greek in the first centuries B.C.E. and C.E?
Akhi Byrnesey, where may I read your comparitive study on conjunction use in the Greek and Semitic texts?
John Marucci